Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-18
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Here and there he ran.
"No doubt tut the DEVILS entered
into the swine an the women tool
swum for't.' painted he.
"Mother, mother!' laughed Hope.
at is most too bad to let him skite a.
round so for nothing. He has gone
off hunting after that pig that went in
after him when he put in the speckled
one. Did you see him."
NO, no, child. | didn't! l didn't" j"
And the tears rolling down Mrs. Way
ti-ld's face met the irrepressible laugh
ter that illicited them.
Call him to dinner. Hope! Call
him to dinner. | couldn't blow that
horn now to save me! y
HOPE blew a vigorous blast; but
Hiram was not the kind of man to
stop tor dinner till that rascal was
penned- he.
Still he searched and listened.
"Where in the name Of common
sense has that pesky crittsr gone.
Like as not he's somewhere round bv
the pen by this time; III 60 an see"
And there, side by side, he found the
three tired adventures, sleeping as
composedIy as if nothing like trouble
existed in this mortal world.
"Th.t beats the Dutch! How in
natur' did that tarnal little rascal git
in? Well, he's all right now, which l
amt. How will | ever face them wo,
men in such plight?"
He went slowly in at the back way,
drew off his overalls, and, after thor
eugh application Of soft soap and hard
water, he donned an unlaundered shirt
that he pllled from the clothes bas
ket, and presented himself at the din
ner table with the secret hope that
them women folks had been so busy,
or perhaps, so mad" that they had
not taken the time or the pains to wit
ness his misfortunes.
Not word was spoken; but the
mongrel expression on his face (so
suggestive of dog that had conquer
ed in fight. but exp cted to be pun.
.hed when his master discovered that
he had BEEN fighting proved too much
for Hopes would be dignity and she
found it impossible to restrain an oc-
casional little explosive laugh.
"Here, Hope" said her mother,
'.taks this bowl an go into the milk
room, an' git some cream for the pud.
din out of that ten quart pan. !
skinned it off from last nights milk.
afore run it up for the cheese, an
| it's jest as sweet AS the mornin's . cres1n
would be" nnn1n -
moment. she took o00bowl
peared almost Immediately. ~
There isn't any cream in the pan, y
she said its gone"
Gone. y good deal it's gone!
Here, give me the bowl. l shouldn't
think We could see an inch from yer
nose"
Cream" exclaimed the man, mad.
vertently. "Then it wasn't butter.
milk, after all. | thosght-"
"Buttermllk would be splendid on
minnit puddiu', wouldn't it? W.
don't happen to be in the buttermilk
business Jest now, but | can give ye
some whey il We want it. | prefer
sweetened cream myself" and out she
went. Hiram Wayfeld." said she
on her return, "that ar cream is gone
an yer know where it went to, or I'm
sinner. There's a round place on
the floor, Jest the size Of the big swil
pail, with sparters of cream all rounc
It. an b'leeve yer know how they
come there
Hiram's flushed face grew trif,
redder.
Ia, ha. ha. laughed Hope, whose
sense Of injury vainly strove to repres
her keen sense of humor. "l'll be-
anything. mother, that he took it on
and fed it to the pigs
mo, | didn't take it out an feed i
to the pigs, ye imperdent hussy! But
with struggling forces contendin!
for the mastery in the corners Of hi
mouth-"l grandly mistaken i
them v pigs didn't feed 1t to me
There's some things it won't do to b,
too certain about in this world,' ht
added, and the universal laugh thai
! followed restored good nature so com
pletely that the restraint passed en-
tirely away.
But there was little comfort for any
of the family that summer. on account
Iof that "thorn in the flesh" Mother
and daughter knowing by experience
that argument would be worse thar
useless. scnonled themselves to pre-
serve wise ,lrucr II thu sub ]"ct,ev.
when prints of small ieet in all aslJoin
my ruined beet bed. and among thu
dcnuraliz,i pea vines, lmm.ilatel
pointed out the inaraudcrS. Indeed,
lear that Hope was rather glai thar
..therwlSr, and enj yrd h'r father
unspoken Indignation. Many "a sly
lang h ind she tuck in her sleeve at hi!
UNCONSCIOUS sniff when oiors unlik.
the fragrance of roses greeted HIN
thruuyn the open windows of the din
ing rom, and so we'll did she ENJOY
his discontinue. that the keen edge o.
her own bitterness was dulled.
AS for him, after thai first outbreak
his obstinacy would not allow him tt
turn his back. or yield his point. Yet
through an uneasy sense OF having
!. over reached, or the uninspiring inhu
ence Of persistent, though unspokel
opposition, he failed to complete tn
convenient arrangements he had orig
; inally planned. So through the sum
mer the trough reposcd without
pedestal on the unstable surface OF tn
airy pen; night and morning he scram
!, bled over the wall, to deposit in it
, capacious precincts the contents OF tn
pals.
But the occupants of the quasi gar
, den seemed happy enough, and throv
in the Freedom that the large wal le